Power restored to central Topeka neighborhood after nearly two-day outage

TOPEKA ( KSNT ) – A central Topeka neighborhood was without power for nearly two full days in the wake of Wednesday’s storm .

According to Evergy’s outage map, the outage for the neighborhood around Fillmore and Eighth Avenue was first reported at 10:36 p.m. on Aug. 14. It was restored around 5 p.m. Aug. 16.

Ruth Hilleland-Thompson lives in an apartment complex in the area. 27 News spoke with Hilleland-Thompson Friday afternoon before power was restored. She said she has a medical condition that requires her to be on oxygen, which she can’t get without power.

“My oxygen levels are dropping every day, and this is my biggest concern,” Hilleland-Thompson said

Hilleland-Thompson said she was promised the power would be restored more than once.

“I’ve called [Evergy] more than a dozen times, and all they keep telling me is that they’re working on it,” Hilleland-Thompson said. “They can’t tell me exact time. But they promised last night it was gonna get done but it didn’t get done.”

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